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wrap¹
- /ɹæp/ UK, US
- /ɹɒp/ obsolete
- /(w)ræp/ Early Modern
Sounds like rap · Rhymes with -æp
Where it comes from
From Middle English wrappen (“to wrap, fold”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to North Frisian wrappe (“to press into; stop up”), dialectal Danish vrappe (“to stuff, cram”), Middle Low German rincworpen (“to envelop, wrap”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch the face”), all perhaps tied to Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist, bend”).
Compare also similar-sounding and similar-meaning Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, lap, envelop, fold”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap”) (from Germanic). Doublet of lap; related to envelop, develop. Also compare Latin verber (“whip, lash”).
verb wraps · wrapping · wrapped · wrapt
- To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper. Christmas gifts are commonly known to be wrapped in paper.
- To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping. A snake wraps itself around its prey.
- To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide. wise poets that wrap truth in tales
- To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie. To avoid going over budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten. (compare wrap up 2)
- To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it.
- To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
- To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum. The row counter wraps back to zero when no more rows can be inserted.
wrap²
- /ɹæp/ UK, US
- /ɹɒp/ obsolete
- /(w)ræp/ Early Modern
Sounds like rap · Rhymes with -æp
Where it comes from
From Middle English wrappe, from the verb (see above).
noun wraps
- Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
- A large sheet of self-adhesive material applied over a vehicle's paintwork for decorative or protective purposes. The media theorist Peter Lunenfeld[…] says illustrative art is often used to defang threatening technology. He compares the Waymo wraps to Google Doodles, which distract people while they are using a complex and opaque search engine algorithm that is “almost fully beyond our ken.”
- A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.
- An outer garment worn as protection while riding, travelling etc. ‘I see you have had our Lowick Cicero here,’ she said, seating herself comfortably, throwing back her wraps, and showing a thin but well-built figure.
- A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
- The completion of all or a major part of a performance. But she could knock off right after the wrap, have dinner, and take a later flight.
- A wraparound mortgage.
- A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material. This is a news report from the scene of the event. When a voicer and an actuality are combined into one complete story, it's known as a wrap.
- The act of wrapping. Give the present a quick wrap before James sees it.
- A straight draw in which there are more than 8 outs to complete the straight, especially in Omaha hold 'em.
wrap³
- /ɹæp/ UK, US
- /ɹɒp/ obsolete
- /(w)ræp/ Early Modern
Sounds like rap · Rhymes with -æp
noun wraps
- Alternative spelling of rap (“appraisal”).rap
